I don't know what kind of future,if any, 'll have now E

Pensioner in five-month chemo wait

- VIVIENNE AITKEN

A WOMAN who waited five months for cancer treatment to begin is now facing a waiting game to see how long she will survive.

From the decision to treat cancer to treatment beginning should take no more than 31 days but Helen Storrie has waited five times that target.

Helen, 69, from Mother well, has been told the cancer is incurable but her oncologist is unwilling to tell her how much time she has until she has her first three sessions of chemotherapy, which could slow the spread.

Great-granny Helen, a nurse for 40 years, has had breast cancer twice so cannot get radiotherapy and there is no possibility of surgery.

Helen fears the cancer have spread further with the delays.